THE REAL GODZILLA 🔥 SO FAST AUSTRALIA HAD TO BAN IT & NISSAN JAPAN WOULDNT RACE AGAINST IT❕❗️

[@SmokeyLabo]

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[@UncleJoeLITE]

Shall do!

[@SmokeyLabo]

@@UncleJoeLITE thank you 🙏🏼

[@harrywalker968]

it wasnt soooo fast aus had to ban it.. aus was stuk in the 50,s tech.. this is why now, we have taxi races, all the frigin same.. bs race.. even an ausie, that wanted to develop holdens, had to go to england, to work, as aus was still up there own ass.. brabham.. racing here is same as 4x4 ing, soooo fkn restrictive. take your brain out & buy a commodore. fk off..

[@harrywalker968]

how many cars inc ford, were banned because aus couldnt win with there commodores, even brocki went to ford. without badges, prik.. falcon gtho xy, 160 mph 4sp. recorded. then doctored to 140. holden suk. they all used ford 9'' diffs, or they wouldnt last 1 lap..ford & chev running gear, just to ''keep up''.

[@harrywalker968]

holden went to europe, to ''race''.. failed misserably. there a fkn joke..

[@onedayiwillmakesomecontent]

At the recent Nurburgring 24h race, there was a 3h Classic race beforehand. One of the entrants was an R32 GTR, bought from Japan, converted to Group A spec on a mild tune, in England,and raced in Gibson Motorsport 1992 Winfield Livery as a tribute by a british husband wife team. I nearly fell off my chair when I saw it going round!!

[@jasonamykhoury6315]

That is so cool !!! Wish I could've seen that. Good on em

[@suziederkins3310]

Thumbs up for coverage of the Wellington Street Race

[@SmokeyLabo]

We have a video of the gtr at the Wellington street race on our channel if you would like to check it out, also have an extending version we will be posting very shortly! Keep an eye out 👀

[@Dlweta57]

Yeah I enjoyed that nostalgic moment also

[@Ceffyd]

Absolutely off it’s chops for the 90s 🙏🏼

[@davidnguyen9409]

Best decade, fucking ever.

[@pauledwards6446]

You are off ya chops

[@kanenstuff]

And 30yrs later Australia is still making the fastest R32, R33 and R34 GTR'S.

[@SmokeyLabo]

Facts, still faster then any v8 too 🔥🔥

[@Danielsmith323_]

@@FalconXE302the comment literally says any, can you not read? Why does every old guy go to town on the internet haha no one even reads or cares what your typing out

[@CruisinCaprice]

@@FalconXE302I think the hoonicorn twin turbo V8 mustang would dominate any gtr , especially when Ken was still alive and driving it

[@73Datsun180B]

@@CruisinCaprice I miss Ken too much😥

[@HighMaintenancePS]

@@Danielsmith323_What are you talking about?

[@Oldschool_car_nut-oo3ox]

I don't think the Gibson Motorsport team get enough credit for the success of the GTR. Yeah it had lots of horsepower and 4wd but it was a big heavy car, relied on a lot of boost to make that power and contained a lot of electronics and technology that could have presented a reliability problem if not handled properly, so it wasn't as perfect as everyone claimed. Remember it also ended up with a 150 kg weight penalty and 7500 rpm rev limit. However the team kept working and developing it and I remember someone from the team saying in an interview that by the end of it's racing career even with those penalties the car was faster than before it got them. They had good equipment but they were a good team and lead the world in GTR development.

[@SmokeyLabo]

I’m so glad someone like you has commented 🙏🏼🙏🏼 great to see someone see it from my point of view aswell, I don’t think the Gibson Motorsport team get enough credit and that is why I’ve made this video, to show that they literally took on the world and especially japan and still made a faster gtr, they had so many boundaries to cover and still managed to do so in the short 2 years of racing when other car makes had been racing for years . They put so much tech and money into this car just for it to vanish, people forget it ran the Wellington Mobil 500 on 2wd basically the whole race in the wet and still had quicker times then the leader bmw. The car was crazy and should be respected for what it is and what it’s done for racing in Australia and New Zealand because now everyone wants a gtr it’d the prize out of all jdm cars and it always will be nothing will ever too it 🔥

[@slickstrings]

The gibson motorsport skylines were the best group A cars in the world. No doubt about it.

[@bigbanana4111]

Great point. Everyone remembers how successful they were, but when the GTR first came out, it was an absolute handful. It took a lot of clever engineering to get that car to be so quick.

[@alistairmills7608]

Imagine if it was Carbon Fibre panels, Magnesium Engine Block and Chrome Moly internal frame

[@Lukelx85]

​@@SmokeyLaboonce again you mong the Gibson cars where only as quick as what they where was due to cams Australia giving them more freedoms here in Australia as why they could not run in Japan under FAI group a rules.

[@stevelee5724]

I remember this. Wasn't Tony Longhurst a freaking Champion in the little 4 cylinder BMW ! Remember Wellington when he hit his head on the wall at 200kph in the yellow BMW !? He was very fast ! Cheers from New Zealand

[@SmokeyLabo]

We have a video of the Wellington street race where he did that on the channel, absolutely insane that he walked away from that one of the craziest crashes I’ve ever seen, he’s a legend

[@crazyg74]

it's amazing how well the BMWs did. They could have and perhaps should have shown us what they really could do, but perhaps it didn't make marketing sense. That is, a firebreathing turbo 6 cylinder M3.

[@SmokeyLabo]

@@crazyg74 those bmw’s were so awesome, absolutely screamed 🔥🔥

[@andrewford80]

Yeah, does anyone else remember when the GTRs had transmission problems with the bumps on cable street? I was 11 at the time I think so memories are a bit hazey. Anyway, was an awesome time to watch racing. So much more interesting than today.

[@Oldschool_car_nut-oo3ox]

@@SmokeyLabo Yeah, we sat at the end of the straight at Wanneroo Raceway for a few years running and one of the most awesome sounds was them topping the hill and coming down into the last corner. What an engine note!!🎶

[@quentinstacy35]

Great job on this film. Thanks, really enjoyed it.

[@SmokeyLabo]

Thank you mate much appreciated 😊

[@boatymcboatface666]

Was at Pukekohe in 90/91. At the start of 1st race, was already 2 corners clear. Retired with suspension failure.The speed down main straight was awesome to watch.

[@sportsfanivosevic9885]

Just as impressive as the GTR were the Gibson Team engineers who managed to develope and refine these highly technical race cars so quickly and effectively that teams in Japan could not keep up.

[@SmokeyLabo]

We completely agree, that was my main point of this video but everyone got sidetracked to talk about the banned part or V8s or sierras. The Gibson Motorsport team literally built the best gtr in the world and made all the Japanese gtr race teams like hks, calsonic and even nismo go back to the drawing board to redevelop parts for the gtr and that’s a fact. Absolutely crazy for an Aussie race team to do that especially back in the 90s, they were so elite 🔥🔥

[@conpapas6023]

Gibson Motor Sport developed the GTR from a fast but fragile car into a bulletproof championship winning race car that lived up to the Godzilla name. I remember years ago reading the “improvements” (changes to the driveline) being developed in Australia for racing worldwide. BTW I was at that Mallala round in 1991

[@TheLockbeard]

The Japanese created a beast and the Australians turned it into a world destroying monster. Godzilla is the perfect term used for the R32 GTR.

[@SmokeyLabo]

💯💯💯

[@damionneranginui6546]

My best mates mum who owned Southport Auto wreckers with her hubby Ron owned 1. A very discrete Maroon one that dusted boy racers like they were standing still and she knew exactly how to drive it. One of my weirdest experiences is being in the car while my best friends mum blows the doors off a ho easily. Imagine it yourself. Brrrrrr

[@GM-fh5jp]

Jim Richards was the best driver in the wet, ever. He was miles ahead of everyone back in the days of Moffat, Brock etc once it started to rain. It was fitting to se him become the Champ in Godzilla.

[@SmokeyLabo]

Jim was next level, New Zealand drivers are elite in the wet 🐐

[@stanmil5495]

Godzilla and rs500's those were the days when cars had character

[@SmokeyLabo]

2 absolutely legendary cars 🔥🔥

[@71DJL]

The GTR wasn't banned from racing in Australia. If that was the case, then the BMW, Sierra, Supra, Corolla were also 'banned'. The Group A category had already finished in Europe, Australia was one of the last to end it. A completely new category of racing was created where only select cars powered by a 5 litre V8 were eligible.

[@darcykeddell4930]

they kept making them add weight too it because holden couldn't compete and then outright wrote them out in the rule book

[@71DJL]

​@@darcykeddell4930 How do you figure they 'outright wrote them out of the rule book' ? The GTR raced in Australia, right up until the end of Group A racing in 1992. The Group A category then came to an end. It had already ended in Europe.

[@SmokeyLabo]

You should read the other 100+ comments first

[@metricstormtrooper]

Just to pander to you bogans

[@harrisionstan3773]

Sssshhhh. You're spoiling the NisSAN fan boi pity party.

[@SouthCoastLimited]

Us V8 guy's didn't like em but we had to respect them...nothing has changed really!

[@SmokeyLabo]

It’s good to see your a real man and not kicking up a stink like most the other v8 guys haha, we love V8s but there’s just something about these gtrs, they were incredible 🙏🏼

[@adsconlabouring]

Xd sorry

[@Wally_Wombat689]

@@SmokeyLabo the only reason why i completely disagree with the skyline being in the supercars was that it was a a completely different class . the v8s are heavy cars modified from sedans, the skyline was built as light 2 door. i wont deny its pace and it was in a league of its own in both pace and design philosophy

[@cobyfield9237]

@@Wally_Wombat689 plus who tf let an AWD car compete against RWD cars

[@markhollis362]

Absolute weapons,arrr wonder what would have happened if they turboed the V8s🤔

[@kenbotham8222]

Absolutely enjoyed watching this clip. Bravo Bravo!

[@SmokeyLabo]

Your a legend thank you 🙏🏼

[@doofushipster5440]

As a young bloke doing fiberglass in a Dandenong factory, i remember doing multiple versions of that front air dam for the skyline until they were happy with the air flow. The place went bust and never knew what happened to the molds, probs cut up and into the bin.....got to tour the nissan workshop and have a close up of these cars, good fun

[@SmokeyLabo]

That would have been an amazing experience making parts for these beasts 🔥🔥

[@geneva760]

If my memory serves me correct, one of my long ago friends did work on the teams gearbox/4WD system. A brilliant package.

[@SmokeyLabo]

That’s awesome, it would have been so cool to work on cars like this 🔥

[@ryurc3033]

One of the first videos I ever watched online was a gold skyline drag racing a blue? Skyline, in Japan. We have all seen the video I'm sure. Back when 1000hp was inconceivable. I was used to Midwest drag cars, and had never seen anything that launched like that.

[@Leftfield71]

Brilliant video. I love the clean livery of the 1991 GTR, it remains my favourite Aussie Touring car. The ATCC hasn't been the same since the demise of Group A.

[@SmokeyLabo]

Thank you!! We agree this was the best racing, its a shame no one else wanted to try to compete 🔥🔥

[@bcm70]

Great video mate. I can still remember the first time I saw an R32 GTR at the Adelaide Motorshow when I was a teenager. It was like something from outer space.

[@SmokeyLabo]

Thank you much appreciated! Haha yeah it would have been 🔥🔥

[@klayshotter]

I’ve only ever been luck enough see in person the GIO GTR and the HR31 back in 2015 I think at Albert park.

[@amaccama3267]

Takes me back to a happy time.

[@SmokeyLabo]

🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@danielwilliams5354]

Thanks for posting this. Bloody Sensational

[@SmokeyLabo]

Thank you 😊😊

[@jamesdungan6198]

An awesome race car but yet again Holden are not winning so let's change the rules to make Holden win

[@SmokeyLabo]

I absolutely agree, Australia wanted there manufacturers to be on top

[@AlfredStewart-zy3kh]

That comment is as uneducated as the video title. The group A touring car ruling was dropped WORLDWIDE. If you think that little old holden got a class removed in countries where they never raced you aren't very bright.

[@getahanddown]

Spawned the Skyline GT-R, M3, Sierra Cosworth and pushed Holden + Ford into the (then) present day. Makers don't have hero cars like that anymore and while they are money pits to race they have made solid fans of people for decades. Bring back proper touring cars!

[@hughjohnson2674]

Rubbish! CAMS Stands for” Confederation of Alan Moffat Supporters “. So it was all about FORD,! “

[@jamesdungan6198]

@@hughjohnson2674 what planet do u live on

[@Nishimachi_Photography]

Great compilation. Brings back my childhood memories.

[@SmokeyLabo]

Thank you🙏🏼 can’t beat abit of Godzilla rippin around 🔥

[@mrivantchernegovski3869]

Cool footage from our Wellington Street Race i was there lol Yes what a beast of a car that Gibson Motorsport built to conquor which is no easy feat back then and big ups to them for doing it and the sound of that RB is majic

[@SmokeyLabo]

That would have been awesome to be at! We have a 50 minute long video of the Wellington Mobil 500 being posted shortly this week so keep an eye out! 🔥👀

[@Kawasaki1-m4l]

An awesome driver, Mark Skaife. They said that once he stepped out of the Nissan, they said Mark would stop winning. Mark proved them wrong. Mark stepped into a Holden & kept on winning. My favourite driver, ever. Next best Peter Perfect Brock.

[@peterhall6656]

They were so fast in the day but 2:12 for Bathurst today would put you way back in the grid. What explains the improvement? Is is a combination of tyres and aero??

[@slickstrings]

Well, tyres and aero but also the cars themselves. Group a cars like these skylines were actually factory road cars that were made into race cars by stripping out the carpets and welding a roll cage in along with all the tuning. V8 supercars are bespoke space frame tube chassis that are built on a jig and then have the car body bolted on. They were never factory road cars. They are ground up race cars. A very different animal.

[@SmokeyLabo]

imagine a r32 gtr completed to v8 super car specs nowadays, all of the technology, money, time, aero and especially decent tyres as these 1990s gtrs we’re eating them up. They would compete with any super car. 8 seconds in 30 years is not much at all, there’s recently been a 2 wheel drive skyline banned because it smoked everyone at Bathurst until it broke down, if was too fast for mustangs corvettes and any other V8s, the technology now for rb’s is next level and we believe they would ruin any v8

[@SmokeyLabo]

Anyone from Aussie should know how insane rb’s are nowadays, I hate to admit it but Aussie run the rb and probably jz world

[@glencoles3410]

2:12 you won't be allowed to enter

[@wadedixon6780]

I grew up watching this lot. That team and that car were absolutely incredible. Finally put an end to the series effectively being a Sierra one make affair. The amount of work the team did between 1990 and 1991 to make it faster and reliable was so impressive. Great memories. I’ve got every one of them in my display cabinet at home. Even the GIO machine.

[@SmokeyLabo]

Definitely would have been amazing to see! A Great team that produced a great car 🔥

[@edwardreuben6650]

Thankyou for that. I'm glad it's back 😊

[@SmokeyLabo]

You're welcome 😊

[@ohcaptainmycaptain3019]

Thank you for posting this… what ripper!

[@SmokeyLabo]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it 😊🙏🏼

[@catmus1506]

Wynn’s Percy must’ve done some phenomenal qualifying based on the first few rounds.

[@taepaemakita4630]

awesome coverage guys thanx for dis GTR racing history ❤

[@SmokeyLabo]

Thank you bro! Much appreciated 🙏🏼

[@dave7856]

Awesome 1980s and 1990s racing in Australia, Nissan and Jim were just a superb combination and I really like how the E30 M3 did so well.

[@steveblackbird]

Always was a fan of the GT-Rs.. Complete package with a great team...I'll give a shout out to my fav driver from back in the day Tony Longhurst...The way he drove that little M3 was a sight to behold. Legend bloke.

[@SmokeyLabo]

Tony was an absolute legend 🔥🔥

[@matthewburstall9334]

Thanks to my dad Paul Burstall who was the head of the Nissan foundry in Australia I will always be so ever proud of you dad. Thank you always your sun Matthew.

[@SmokeyLabo]

Legend 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@barryscott6222]

Looks like it sat really nicely on the road, not really upset by anything.

[@mountainlogistics9882]

Great vid. How's the wise old head on a 23 year old Skaifey. The man knows his craft.

[@SmokeyLabo]

🙏🏼🙏🏼 very mature for just a 23 year old at the time, mind and ability was next level 🔥

[@Desertduleler_88]

I had forgotten he drove for Nissan, very impressed.

[@mountainlogistics9882]

@@Desertduleler_88 Him with Jim Richards, what a formidable team.

[@riccicrozzie8204]

My favourite quote from Mr Richards," you're all a pack of bloody bastards" , on the podium after winning Bathurst while the nobjockies in the crowd boo'd .

[@SmokeyLabo]

One of the best quotes ever in racing haha 🔥🔥

[@onedayiwillmakesomecontent]

That was because his good mate Denis Hulme died of a heart attack on conrod straight during the race. Jim was pretty angry at the lack of acknowledgement for that, AND all the dickheads in the mob. And he actually called them a pack of assholes.

[@karmicselling4252]

Gentleman Jim actually said kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJnReZ6bjrWIb5o/&t=4m30s

[@rossdean1061]

I think he said arseholes

[@datn8]

He called them arseholes, not bastards

[@kenbotham8222]

WOW! What a machine. That's amazing how it all worked. I wasn't a fan of the car for 34 years untill now...

[@SmokeyLabo]

That’s awesome! I’m glad you enjoyed the video 😊🙏🏼

[@PhantomXR8]

I didn't really get the Skyline 'thing' until recently going for a ride in a late model one. I now get it!!! They're great cars...... You know..... A lot of people say that Godzilla was banned from racing in Australia but that's not really accurate. The modification of Group A Touring Car racing in Australia back in the early 90's had more to do with the grass root supporters bleeding blue or red blood for the Ford(Falcon) v Holden(Commodore/Torana/Monaro) battle and Ford re-introducing the V8 to the Falcon range of cars back in 1991. It all just made so much sense to create the new series which ultimately became V8 Supercars. BTW, the Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500 had a better strike rate in regards to race wins than the Skyline. The Sierra didn't fade away during the participation of Godzilla either. In the last Bathurst race for these two makes, the 1992 Great Race, Dick Johnson put his Ford Sierra on pole . He also hounded the Richards/Skaife Skyline all day and was in fact the first car across the finish line at the end of the race. Due to a certain rule, the Skyline was awarded the win(it had crashed out on the last lap). The only car banned from racing in Australian Touring car racing was the Aussie made Ford Falcon GTHO Phase 4. A damning newspaper article by Evan Green influenced the Australian Government to 'persuade' Ford Australia not to release it, otherwise Ford would lose Government fleet sales. One production Falcon GTHO Phase 4 and three race prepared Phase 4's made it out of the factory and still exist today, except one of the race versions. Touring Car regulations in the early 70's were then modified with Group C being created. Enjoy!!!!

[@martindelrio1891]

johnson BARELY put his sierra on pole in bathurst 1992. but in the race the skylines pulled away more and more. if it was a dry race the sierras wouldnt have stand the smallest chance against the skylines. the sierras would have been down several laps at the end of the race probably.

[@Dlweta57]

Always wondered why this fantastic machine just vanished from the racing scene. Thank you , also found the comments.very informative

[@SmokeyLabo]

Thank you for watching I’m glad you enjoyed it 🙏🏼

[@sophdog1678]

I believe 100 of these R32 were available for sale at Nissan dealers in Australia. Full compliance, road legal, factory warranty. Absolute weapons, capable of destroying pretty much anything. I seem to recall it was those road models that sparked the Godzilla tag, as they scared the crap out of a few motor writers at the time.

[@Paul-45-70]

You are correct, one of my mates owns an Australian delivered one.

[@onedayiwillmakesomecontent]

I looked at Mark Skaifes personal aus delivered R32 at my local regional SA nissan dealer. He did a tour around a lot of nissan dealers with it! Now it's a Kia showroom 😂

[@MarcoUchello02]

Yep and the only country outside of Japan to officially sell them

[@Desertduleler_88]

I remember them being for sale too, $90k+.

[@stuartlierschify]

I remember back in the early 2000's there was a guy in Moama that transplanted the driveline out of one that was written off in Japan (maybe?) into a VL Commodore. I think he worked for HDT at the time. The car was nuts! Every now and then I see the story pop up as almost an urban legend.

[@SmokeyLabo]

That would have been crazy! Such a cool build 🔥

[@JOHNSMITH-if9jr]

i see MoTec was use here and they are still here in Croydon south and owned by Bosch clayton Aust.

[@SmokeyLabo]

MoTec is great 🔥

[@boatymcboatface666]

SuperCars is dying😢 GM not even making the Camaro anymore.

[@bct8881]

Doomed from the moment we lost our local manufacturers 💀

[@boatymcboatface666]

Been watching Ozzie V8's in different forms, since mid 70's, i was 10 lol Even got to see Pete n crew here in NZ. This new version, while awesome to see and hear, just aren't relevant anymore.​@bct8881

[@pafsrh4744]

Fuk yeah, love it

[@SmokeyLabo]

Just saw an article about how Supercars ran at a 20 million dollar loss. They quite literally are dying and it’s become so boring to watch.. but 20 million dollars is just insane

[@boatymcboatface666]

Improved Production Class is awesome! Jordan Cox..Civic🤘​@@SmokeyLabo

[@creatrixZBD]

cheers for the upload, champ

[@SmokeyLabo]

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@littlediablo]

This beast wasn't banned, it was much worse than that, it was culled. In Australia we could've stayed with group A regs or something similar because just like today our series has local Australian regs for our "Supercar" series. But unfortunately it was easier to kill it than try and compete with Godzilla. I'm happy to be corrected here but our current Supercars specs which are brand new, don't even match any current GT2, 3 etc specs. How dumb is that?

[@SmokeyLabo]

I’m very glad there’s people like you commenting on here, not just the muppets saying it wasn’t banned 🤣 your the man 🙏🏼

[@robossuperchannel9434]

Group A was dead. No manufacturers were homologating new cars (except for rallying). Would it have been viable to keep running GTRs and Sierras into the mid and late nineties? I loved Group A (my favourite season was 1992) but it was in terms of new cars a dying duck.

[@littlediablo]

@@robossuperchannel9434 Correct, Group A was dead but that makes no difference to Australia because before Group A and to this very day we run Frankenstein specs and rules that don't really match up with anything else in the world anyway. They could've modified Group A regs called it something else and kept right on rolling along but Nissan had to be eliminated first. I distinctly remember all the failures Nissan had before the R32 and Nissan didn't complain. I also remember a Holden Racing Team manager look down the camera and suggest Nissan just need to build a better car to beat their V8 Commodores. Then R32 came and who was the first to complain the R32 was too fast for their V8's? I'll give you one guess. Because of this delusional desire to protect GM we have the bore fest that is our current Gen 3 cars, Mustang and the extinct Camaro. The Governing Body has a vested interest in the extinct Camaro platform so that is the car that really wins most races. Blatant conflict of interests I'd say.

[@astrawally8448]

@littlediablo no one was homologating cars for Group A, it was a dead formula in every other market except for Japan and every market when they dropped Group A, including Japan in 1993, all went to local or domestic rules to support their domestic manufacturers and markets. 30+ years of very successful series in Australia (best 3 Bathurst attendance figures on record in the past 10 years) proves it was the absolute right decision at the time, perhaps not for sooky b1tches like yourself, however.

[@astrawally8448]

@@littlediablo what would the vested interest be in the Camaro?

[@sophdog1678]

Nice to see Amaroo Park again.

[@danielbeard2656]

30+ years later they are still impressive numbers. Crazy power and tech. Especially for the late 80s.

[@SmokeyLabo]

Absolutely crazy for back in those days 🔥🔥

[@kizjay2730]

It was never banned, Group A formula had ended worldwide. If Group A had continued no doubt the GT-R would of cleaned up, but in the end it had no category to race in. Even the Japanese had moved away from Group A, 2L Super Tourers started in the UK, DTM in Germany and we introduced the 5L formula that eventually became V8Supercars. Once again it was never banned.

[@SmokeyLabo]

Bro needs to learn to read every other comment here, it was actually banned. It was never allowed to race again, ILLEGAL, BANNED???? 😂😂

[@Legweak]

They were so good to watch

[@SmokeyLabo]

Absolutely 🔥

[@paulheywood2116]

That start in Wellington was a rocket

[@SmokeyLabo]

Absolutely crazy 🔥

[@MasterChief37]

Why do people make this stupid claim. Australia didn’t ban it, if they did they also banned the RS500, M3 and Group A Commodore at the same time. Group A ended world wide, Australia replaced Group A with the V8 Supercars which has been a turd since Volvo left, Gen 3 just made it worse!

[@SmokeyLabo]

😂😂😂😂

[@TheBodella]

Yes, people love to hold on to this lie, makes for good story, dont let facts get in the way! Group A was over. The only truth to it was the decision to create an Australian focused series, which may have been influenced by not wanting to be embarrassed by foreign cars.

[@MasterChief37]

@@TheBodella The only domestic Group A car was the Commodore, it was embarrassed but the 635, RS500, M3, XJ-12

[@gavinr9107]

@@TheBodella What you are stating is just paraphrasing and explaining the 'ban' in a different manner anyhow. It's close enough to the truth of being classed as a 'ban' when the rules are re-written to ostracise and discriminate against the GTR. Exactly as you say - fear of embarrassment.

[@datn8]

@@gavinr9107 But no. The rules werent re-written. One set of of rules finished, world wide, everywhere, in every country. They stopped, no more rules. After the old rules finished, then, every country that had been running under those old rules, made their own new rules which reflected the cars built in that country. Nobody was being mean or prejudiced against a car. The GTR couldnt race in the BTCC or the DTM either. A ban would be if everyone else kept racing and the GTR couldnt. But, the 635s and 230Es and M3s and Starions and Mustangs and Sierras and the HR31s, Supras and the Jags and the turbo Volvos and the V8 Rovers and the Turbo Alfas couldnt race either. By your logic the Commodore was banned from racing in Germany and Japan and the UK. Because the rules changed. They changed everywhere, worldwide, in every country that had been racing Group A. Group A stooped. And nobody anywhere in the world raced it in touring cars again. Not from fear of embarrassment. In Australia, it was because nobody was turning up and the teams werent making any money. There were only 9 rounds (not including Bathurst) in 1992. Only 10 cars competed in every race. Group A was broken and sending racing broke.

[@jameseaves71]

Such an amazing car.

[@boss302gorie8]

Fact is Fred Gibson is a very smart bloke and he built the fastest Nissans in the world

[@SmokeyLabo]

Absolutely 100% true, that is the point on this video but many people are getting lost in the fact the gtr dominated Holden ,ford and bmw too much 🤣

[@Think_about_it777]

Absolute beast of a car.

[@maxrockatanksyOG]

I miss Group A & Group C. Early days of V8 Supercars was ok, but it was a GMH centric setup from the start. Histprics & Muscle Car Masters for the win

[@kiwijonowilson]

While the sound of a race V8 is something to behold, the total dominance of the GTR had me enthralled! I love to see what technology can do along with superb drivers and team to support it. I was honestly looking forward to seeing whatever was going to take it on but alas that never happened. Don't get me wrong I also like motor racing classes with closely matched cars (comes down to drivers and teamwork) and I guess thats what Australian Touring cars became. "V8 Super Cars" is a great class but I do miss the original Touring Cars.

[@SmokeyLabo]

I just find it crazy how every Motorsport nowadays is so electronically involved, why couldn’t this car have it? Why couldn’t other cars try compete against this car haha not just kick it out cause it’s miles better then everyone else. If everyone else stepped up the 90s and early 2000s, Nissan would have been even more crazy for cars and Motorsport then it already was Imagine the cars we would have nowadays if everyone stepped up to the plate of the gtr rather then accepting defeat, yes nissan made good cars after it but they didn’t need to try. If they had to try then they would’ve made a car that was absolutely insane

[@BahWeepGranahWeepNiniBong]

I was lucky enough to own a near stock R32 GTR about 10yrs ago (3" exhaust, 14psi & coilovers) same wine red colour as in the video. Great car, I loved it. The only downside was the lag and lack of bottom end torque.

[@kennethprocak5176]

Ended up with almost every car in ATCC a Sierra and that’s was fine?

[@veksar]

The sound of my youth. I remember sitting in the living room with dad watching Bathurst as these things destroyed the mountain.

[@SmokeyLabo]

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@djshotty]

I saw them live in person at Oran Park. It didn't matter who was behind the wheel, Jimmy or Mark, when that thing rounded the last left hander it was like the car had been fired out of a slingshot down the main straight.

[@BeamRider100]

That was a good track to see the racing up close. Not sure why the supercars didn't come back to Sydney after it closed. They didn't race at Eastern Creek but did a test day in Jan. Sydney 500, you couldn't see anything and way back from the track, it's like they designed it so you couldn't see.

[@Danielsmith323_]

Next level fast 💨

[@SmokeyLabo]

Definitely the fastest gtr of the 90s, should be talked about more often 🔥

[@strawdog6925]

Awesome video, such an awesome car. I still remember the day it got banned.

[@SmokeyLabo]

Thank you much appreciated!! Should have never ever been banned, everyone should have caught up to it 🔥

[@peter-0200]

That GIO car had the craziest idle, due to the cams timing. Sounded different to the factory team cars.

[@SmokeyLabo]

RB + cams has to be one of the best sounds ever 🥵🥵

[@bigbanana4111]

Fun fact: the N1 block was a by-product of Group A racing in Australia. Gibson motorsport kept cracking the standard block because of the horsepower required to be competitive. Gibson motor sport complained to Nissan japan, and a few months later, they got the N1 block that was beefed up around the deck to stop it cracking.

[@SmokeyLabo]

That’s the whole point of the video, Gibson Motorsport built the best gtr ever, especially for the time, the technology involved for the 1990s and how fast it was for the 1990s. It was still early days testing a 2.6 litre engine screaming all day long but once they got it right it was the best gtr on earth at the time, better then hks, better then nismo, better then calsonic, and every other race manufacturer in Japan at the time, it literally made nismo and the other Japanese manufacturers go back to the drawing board to re design new products. This car is 🐐

[@hanshoogendyk2203]

Awesome cars. A bit like putting wings on a sailboat, by the way the gtr was never raced with 4 wheel steer, gentleman Jim commented ax such, also the first million dollar touring cars

[@peter-0200]

They did use in Japan on track cars. HICAS on street car was scary. Great for U turns and parking but unpredictable when going for a fang.

[@zAngus]

I lived at the bottom of Mt Pan in the early 1990s when these came to the mountain. They were so dominant it was ridiculous. So far ahead of their time. Wet or dry didnt matter. Just drove around the Holdens and Fords.

[@SmokeyLabo]

That would have been awesome to live there! What a place

[@CoolCoyote]

yay I owned one pity i couldnt get to go around this track, but i hooned around all over the show though. the skyline motor for me is the best Japanese motor of all time.

[@JBSbass]

great car, the Ford Cosworth too. Still as a kid going to Bathurst through the late 80's and 90's and watching it on TV nothing beat the sound of a V8 with no baffle full throttle across the top of the mountain. Down the gears to the cutting, were great days. Everyone used to scream like an Orchestra up there on the top of the mountain " rice burner " as the GTR ripped past. U couldn't hear em coming until they screamed past. I always wondered why they didn't become a class of their own and have their own race days. 10 teams all allowed to take it to the max would of been spectacular to watch.

[@SmokeyLabo]

Would have been awesome to watch them carry on racing! One incredible car especially for the 90s 🙏🏼

[@JBSbass]

@@SmokeyLabo not wrong, we applaud the car today but a very large part of racing hated its presence back in the day. We were and are V8 smokers and this rice burner coming in with their turbo sixers were worse than boat arrivals. Which is why they didn't last long. There was talk of them getting a series of their own but I think Touring Cars back then were afraid of losing their driver talent so they pushed really hard to change the rules. Great vid mate!

[@nevamind68t23]

My wife and I watched that race 33 years ago in Auckland NZ 👍🏾 Still remember the massive after race spray he gave the crowd 😂 👊🏾 We're Holden fans but Nissan earned my respect that weekend 👌🏾

[@SmokeyLabo]

🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿

[@jesuswarrior6468]

How good would it be if they had classic gtr cup races now

[@SmokeyLabo]

That would be awesome!

[@NEOGEO1966]

Tom Selleck (Magnum P.I) in the background @9:15

[@kitvexed8229]

R32... LEGEND

[@Old_Catholic]

I was a kid at the time and didn't like seeing 2 cars dominate the sport much. Really though, it was up to the competition to lift their game. It would have been awesome if that happened, but instead they (the powers that be) changed the rules completely so that the GTR was no longer relevant. BTW I prefer the commentating of that era as well.

[@SmokeyLabo]

I completely agree, don’t outlaw something just because other company’s can’t match it. The commentating is so good and actually gives a real insight into the mechanics and the racing, not like nowadays

[@martyknudsen4842]

I use to now one off the engine builders and he said there was a secret button on the dash for extra 8pound boost for Conrad

[@quincymitchell160]

From 640hp, 1360kg in ATCC to 700hp, 1325kg in Mobil 500 in both 1991. That was something 😳

[@l3358]

you always hear people talk the 1jz and 2jz engines, but never the RB26's that actually have racing pedigree. insane, maybe its because the Americans didn't get GTR's

[@a.dudeman7715]

You hear of them stateside, but you're mostly correct, we didn't really get to experiment with the RB series when they were in their prime thanks to import laws. They're slowly becoming more popular here, but still hard to find parts for domestically.

[@glentight]

Not a GTR comment, just a quick note, for anyone wondering. @ 21:40...Fury's 2min 13 lap for pole in '84 was "pre-chase"... Conrod straight carried on all the way to Murrays, so it's not a comparable time to the R32's.. Also, Gary Scott was the only one with tyre warmers that day.. just saying.

[@SmokeyLabo]

Thank you for your comment 😊🙌🏼

[@julianalderson3938]

Great vid thanx

[@SmokeyLabo]

Thank you! 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@aramoemazwags6189]

these use to fly around the Wellington street circuit back in the early 90z

[@SmokeyLabo]

Yeah it was an awesome race, good ol Wellington. We have a video of it on our page if you’d like to check it out, also will be posting an extended 50 minute version showing all the highlights from the race! We will be posting this in the coming days 😊

[@aramoemazwags6189]

@@SmokeyLabo u got my follow for future vids

[@SmokeyLabo]

@@aramoemazwags6189 thank you bro! 🙏🏼 much much appreciated your a legend 🔥

[@tkx86]

I seem to remember they agreed to de tune the GTR's and they still kicked ass😂

[@SmokeyLabo]

Yup 🙏🏼 they tried everything to stop the gtr but it just kept winning 🔥

[@robossuperchannel9434]

@@SmokeyLabo We now know from the team manager that they bypassed the turbo pop-off valve...........

[@rorynesta7766]

also heard the cars had extra weight put into them as well.

[@stephenmoutafis5587]

It wenr faster with less revs less power and more weight.

[@slickstrings]

​@@robossuperchannel9434they didnt bypass it. You cant. Blow off valves sit directly plumbed into the intake pipe before the plenum and are inspected. The way the mechanics gained back some power was to tune each cyliner independently for maximum efficiency. There are interviews talking about this.

[@damiand4835]

Larry Perkins said at Bathurst interviewed after his Top 10 Shoot out . The Nissan GTR is a Racing car .. Not a Touring Car .. !!!

[@Nightmaretyrant]

@@SmokeyLabo Yeah Larry always complained, a brilliant engineer and a good driver but if he wasn't winning " Everybody else " was cheating.

[@AlfredStewart-zy3kh]

The reason was the GTR was 600k ready to race without spares vs 130k for a vn group A ready to race with spares.

[@racketman2u]

and yet the aussie "Motor" magazine decided that Godzilla was closer to the roadgoing GTR than the Chevy-powered Holden was to the roadgoing Commodore after roadtesting them.

[@slickstrings]

The main difference was ultimately that the skyline was designed specifically to win in group A. The commodores were a sedan that had a group A version made. They were in different leagues.

[@ianpaterson5000]

The fact that Nissan Japan's racing team manager wouldn't allow the Gibson GTRs to compete against his cars in Japan was a ringing endorsement of the Australian engineering skills.

[@debugin1227]

every time I saw this car I was running a bar!

[@459luker]

Nothing beats the sound of a skyline gtr

[@SmokeyLabo]

Best sound ever, apart from a rotary 😂🔥

[@Beaker7425]

From a time when I actually enjoyed watching touring cars.

[@SmokeyLabo]

So exciting back then 🔥

[@commonlawrights9514]

I remember that thing, it was a weapon ! They had to ban it so ford and Holden could be competitive again !

[@Tonymarony5113]

They didn't ban it. They banned turbo chargers.

[@nguont]

@@Tonymarony5113so they did banned it then ?

[@martythemartian99]

Several decades ago, I knew two guys with VL Commodores, with the Nissan 3.0 engine. One was a red, turbo charged SS sedan, that went pretty quick. One day the other guy drove up in a very shabby white station wagon. I asked if it was a 3.0 as well. He grinned and opened the hood, revealing the massive yellow head of a Godzilla engine. We were stunned.😳

[@SmokeyLabo]

Vl’s are so awesome! That would have been crazy to see 🔥🔥

[@4812megan]

At the time there was a feeling the GTR was never going to be beaten. It would have taken tens of millions for Holden and Ford to invest to even be competitive, money they simply didn't have. Australians liked simple muscle cars. The Nissan was a beast and it set up the company for decades with their GTR line.

[@SmokeyLabo]

It definitely made the Nissan name heard around the world, it would have been awesome if ford and holden had tried to compete, the cars they could have produced would have been amazing to see 👏

[@andrewroberthook3310]

Bathurst was so much more exciting in the 70 s and 80s

[@piffiiiiiiit]

Just like the Mazda 787, it wasn't banned at all. And just like at Le Mans, rule changes were known years in advance.

[@SmokeyLabo]

Bro can’t read 😂😂🤯🤯

[@harrisionstan3773]

@@SmokeyLabo Comment are one thing. Facts are real, and you are wrong.

[@harrisionstan3773]

You're spoiling their wankfest/ pity party.

[@SmokeyLabo]

@@harrisionstan3773 and you are too uptight for the internet

[@tbone5654]

@ $90K, back then a GTR R32 was worth a small house. Now a GTR R34 is worth a small house.

[@MarcoUchello02]

Love the GTR but I take my hat of to the little BMW a small capacity 4 cyl NA and it was always up there

[@SmokeyLabo]

They sounded incredible 🔥

[@davidlilja9180]

Great compilation! I miss the actual production car racing I grew up on. 'Win Sunday, sell Monday!' Me thinks the GT-R got banned thanks to Europe's hatred of anyone else doing well in Group-A. Europe had already stopped Brock's blue Group-A Commodore from being full homologated so that Walkinshaw could win in his Jag. And thanks to Liberal, we have no car industry here in Oz either.

[@ElliotRock-f4q]

Love that welly track

[@SmokeyLabo]

Such a cool track 🔥

[@indica8510]

They would be usable to race today with modern tyres and a few modifications they could run against modern V8s.